LND Setup on Ubuntu

This assumes that you're running LND on the same server as Bitcoin Core after running the instructions: Bitcoin Core Setup on Ubuntu Server

Reference: LND Install docs

wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.15.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.15.linux-amd64.tar.gz
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin

# add the below 2 lines to ~/.bashrc
export GOPATH=~/gocode
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

cd /home/bitcoin
git clone https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd
cd lnd
make install

Config setup

mkdir ~/.lnd
vim ~/.lnd/lnd.conf

Config contents

alias=myalias
color=#000000

rpclisten=0.0.0.0:10009
externalip=PUBLIC_IP

bitcoin.active=true
bitcoin.mainnet=true
bitcoin.node=bitcoind

bitcoind.rpcuser=rpc-user
bitcoind.rpcpass=rpc-password
bitcoind.zmqpubrawblock=tcp://0.0.0.0:28332
bitcoind.zmqpubrawtx=tcp://0.0.0.0:28333

tor.active
tor.v3=true

Startup. This will generate certs and wait for wallet setup...

nohup lnd > ~/.lnd/out.log &

Create or unlock wallet

lncli create

# or

lncli unlock

To update:

cd /home/bitcoin/lnd
make clean && make && make install